Charlie Christian - Airmail Special (With Tab)
Loading...
Uploaded by srv0308 on Aug 17, 2009
Charlie Christian playing with the Benny Goodman Sextet.
Guitar Solo Tab:
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/9022/airmailspecialguitarsol.jpg
(Transcribed by me)
Link to this comment:
Top Comments
All Comments (34)
-
Happy to see this song is still being kept alive in the repertoire of western swing (version by the Quebe Sisters Band@AC&T 2011, on YouTube)
-
@zthetha This is an alternate to a more widely issued take; on that one Williams' playing is better; also, Goodman makes a mistake on this one; he makes a false entry near the end of the record.
-
Maybe the "coolest" soloist of all time. So fluent,confident,and seemingly effortless.Like Clifford Brown,Bird,Lee Morgan,and a bunch of others,Christian's early demise makes one wonder what he would've done if he had lived on....Well,the music he left us certainly has....and will continue to.
-
are any videos of charlie out there?
-
jet stream!
-
Thanks!
-
It's on "Genius of the Electric Guitar" by Charlie Christian. I think there may be two records with that title, but the one you want is the Columbia Jazz Masterpieces one. It has Charlie on the cover wearing a tux and holdiing a guitar.
-
@drumuitar He certainly keeps it driving with swing and bounce in an almost understated way, doesn't he? Excellent drummer - thanks again for info.
25 videos
YouTube Mix for Charlie Christian
2:48Charlie Christian - Seven Come Elevenby interman217,769 views
- 0:49Guitar Shredder Chick 1958 - Mary Osborneby TotallyAmazingVideos19,240 views
- 4:43Charlie Christian Tea for Twoby wesm6516,963 views
- 5:13George Benson - Sailingby Almedy1751,447 views
- 2:48Count BASIE & His Orchestra " Air Mail Special...by JUSTASITTINANDAROCK29,598 views
- 3:52Charlie Christian - Benny Goodman 1940 ~ Break...by JckDupp24,299 views
- 3:42Kenny Burrel Trio = Club Date 1990by RareJazzVideos6,552 views
- 1:09Honeysuckle Rose Charlie Christian Solo 1by mikebrookfield11,998 views
- 4:25"Georgia (On My Mind)" Herb Ellis & friendsby GtrWorkShp245,593 views
- 3:40STARDUST ARTIE SHAWby djmane1260,108 views
- 2:50Wes Montgomery - Windyby thecatkeaton733,230 views
- 3:36Benny Goodman Sextet - Air Mail Specialby VinylToVideo21,007 views
- 3:03Miles Davis - Boplicityby pepxxx146,605 views
- 2:46Charlie Christianby rootmese9,977 views
- 3:03Charlie Christian: Honeysuckle Roseby stringcordeta21,687 views
- 1:44Amy Winehouse - Scat Singingby MusicMiniz262,776 views
- 2:21Charlie Christian- Jazz Hall of Fame 2007by sweepersan14,931 views
- 6:06"Air Mail Special" Tal Farlow & friendsby GtrWorkShp41,573 views
- 0:44Charlie Christian Guitar Solo: Seven Come Elevenby gnutcreative32,953 views
- 3:42Charlie Christian - Wholly Catsby alhajem18,079 views
Charlie Christian - Genius of the Electric Guitar, on Columbia, is the Number One album of all time -- no kidding. When I first got this, It didn't come out of my CD player for six months! Music doesn't get any beter than this. These guys, mostly LEGENDS, swung HARD on every cut, and it sounds as fresh now (70 years later!!) as it did the day they played it. And yes, Nick Fatool is one of the great unsung jazz drummers -- His kicks and "bombs" on these tunes are immortal Long live the BG6!
JimmyDeLocke 1 year ago 4
@zthetha I find little about this recording technique "crude." The balance of the instruments is fine and the ambiance of the instruments playing in a "space" is quite natural. Frequency response, while not as good as today, is more than adequate and so is the damping.
So what, specifically, do you find crude?
SatchmoSings 8 months ago